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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 3, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3chinese army cancels leave issues Alert Beijing up a the chinese military has issued a Broad Security Alert before the anniversary of last june a democracy movement crackdown. Military officials have cancelled leave and warned soldiers that they will be discharged for any unauthorized activity informed sources said saturday. The warning came amid a flurry of stepped up Security in preparation for the first anniversary of the Mili Tarves armed assault on student led democracy protesters last june 3-4. The crackdown had generated unrest within the army a ranks. Tiana men Square the heart of last Spang s demonstrations was closed to the Public Friday for an official ceremony and guards posted around its entrances told Western reporters the area was to remain cordoned off until tuesday. The Security Alert in the Peoples liberation army issued in an internal speech last week by a senior officer indicated heightened concern Over discipline and the possibility of fresh outbursts of dissent As the symbolic Date of the crackdown approaches. The officer it. Gen. You Youngbo is Deputy director of the Pla political department which oversees political control of the 3 million member armed forces. The sources who have Access to military information quoted Yuas having said the Pla had cancelled All leave during the politically sensitive anniversary and ordered soldiers currently on leave to return to their units. A those who do not comply must take responsibility a you said in the speech Given to senior Pla officers. A last year Many people participated in demonstrations a he said. A but this year any communist party members who participate will be expelled from the party and soldiers will be expelled from the  you also expressly ordered soldiers to a stay away from Tiana men Square and other sensitive areas on june 4, a a ignore any Street protest and refuse to speak with foreign reporters the sources said. A file Rex Harrison at �?T89 knighting ceremony British Star Harrison Dies in . New York apr Rex Harrison the 82-year-old actor famed for his film roles in a my fair lady a a major Barbara and a Blithe spirit a died saturday his lawyer said. Attorney Harold Schiff said the actor died of pancreatic cancer in his sleep at his East Midtown Manhattan residence. He had appeared in his last play a the Circle a a revival of a 1920s comedy by w. Somerset maugham on Broadway until last month. He missed the last nine Days of the run because of illness said Jeffrey Richards a spokesman for the plays producers. Harrison who won an Academy award for his portrayal of Henry Higgins in the 1964 film version of my fair lady a was knighted by Queen Elizabeth ii last summer. Among his films were a doctor Ohule a 1967, and a the yellow Rolls Royce a 1964. But his most Jamous film role was As the Stuffy language professor Higgins in a my fair  the first of his six marriages was in 1934 to Collette Thomas a French teacher. Marriage number two was to actress Lilli Palmer in 1943, and she accompanied him As he began his american career. After that marriage was Dis so Yed la 1957, Hamson married actress Kay Kendall who died of leukaemia in 1959. A son married English Access Rachel Roberts in 1962. They were divorced in 1971. Then he Ellzabeth Rees Williams and they were divorced in 1975. In he married Mercia tinker. Nasa test probe badly damaged during crash Landing in Arizona show Low Ariz. Apr a 2 a ton experimental Nasa probe crashed and sustained about $2 million damage when a wind gust foiled its Landing. Dozens of batteries and electronic devices were strewn on the ground at the Landing site according to Jack Tueller a National aeronautics and space administration scientist who helped build the probe. The probe used to measure radioactivity in the upper atmosphere had made two successful experimental flights Over Australia in 1988, officials said. A wind gust apparently caught it As it touched Down Friday in Eastern Arizona. The Gamma Ray imaging spectrometer is one of two in the world Tueller said. The other belongs to the University of California in san Diego. Nasa Engineer a1 Huters said the probe Cost $2 million to $3 million to build. He said the device rides on a steel Gondola about 10 feet Square and is carried aloft by a helium filled balloon. It was launched thursday morning from an Airport at fort Sumner n.m., and reached an Altitude of More than five Miles. Nasa workers loaded the wreckage onto a flatbed trailer truck and said the probe would be taken to the Goddard space Center in Maryland for repairs. . Agency to investigate claims of defective rear seats in minivans by Tom Incantalupo new Day the Federal government has opened an investigation into complaints of defective rear seats in certain Dodge caravan and Plymouth voyager minivans. The Low level a preliminary evaluation by the National Highway traffic safety administration covers 1986 through 1989 models and was begun May 7. Spokesman Tim Hurd said that the Agency had received six complaints about the rearmost of the minivans seats. The complaints alleged three accidents with four injuries and one death a that of a 2 year old Pennsylvania boy on feb. 11. The child was strapped into a Booster seat secured to the rearmost seat of a voyager driven by his Mother when an Accident occurred. The Impact of the crash Tore open the vans tailgate and the seat Back collapsed according to the Washington county pa., coroners office. The child was ejected and thrown about 35 feet into a Stream where he died of exposure. After an inquest the Coroner charged in a letter to the safety Agency that the seat backs Are a absolutely unsafe due to their Flimsy  a spokesman for Chrysler corp., Tom Jakobowski said that the seat meets Federal standards. Introduced in 1984, the caravan and voyager account for More than half of the minivans sold in the United states. More than 2 million Are on the Road. The newest investigation is the third by the Agency involving the vehicles. In january the Agency opened a Low level investigation into reports of failures of spare tire carriers. In february it upgraded a to the second highest of three Levels a an investigation into under dash electrical fires. A tempting clothing banned As evidence Tallahassee Fla. Apr defense attorneys in rape cases can no longer use the alleged victims clothing As evidence to justify the attack under a new Law signed Friday by gov. Bob Martinez. A there is no excuse for rape under any circumstances and this Law will make it Clear that the victim of sexual Battery should not be persecuted As the criminal is prosecuted a the Republican governor said. A this new Law is a major Victory for the rights of crime  the Bill a sponsor democratic rep. Elaine Gordon of Miami said the measure stemmed from the acquittal of a rape suspect last october in fort Lauderdale. Jurors commented that the woman May have a a tempted the assailant by wearing skimpy clothing. The woman a attorney called the new Law a overkill a and predicted it will be challenged. The alleged victim testified that Steven lord 26, abducted her at knife Point from a fort Lauderdale restaurant parking lot in november 1988 and raped her repeatedly during a trip North on interstate 95. She said she escaped five hours later and 120 Miles North of where shed been abducted. Defense attorney Tim Day told jurors the 22-year-old woman agreed to have sex with lord in Exchange for $100 and cocaine but later changed her mind. Several jurors said they decided on an innocent verdict partly because the woman was wearing a lace miniskirt and no underwear. The acquittal sparked outrage and protests from Many women a groups. The woman a attorney Alexander Siegel said he believes enough rules already exist on what evidence is acceptable and that judges and attorneys should handle each Case individually. Siegel believes the Law will be challenged in the first rape Case in which the alleged victims clothing could be a Factor. In december lord pleaded guilty in a Georgia court to raping and kidnapping a Decatur ga., woman. Lord was sentenced to life in prison for the rape and a concurrent 20-year sentence for  a Fergie at Moma England a Duchess of York Sarah a a Fergien Ferguson leaves new Yorkus museum of modern Art Friday after being Given a private tour of the new Francis Bacon exhibit. The Duchess will begin her formal visit to new York on monday when she is joined by her husband Andrew the Duke of York  
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